Improvement in cigar-bundlers



E. DETWILER.

Cigar-Bundlers.

No. 196,520 Patented Oct. 30,1877.

HER. WASHINGT apparatus F F are attached.

UNITED S'rATEs EMANUEL DETWILER, or

IMPROVEMENT IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

ClGAR-BUNDLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,520, dated October30, 1877; application filed June To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL DETWILER, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvementsin Oigar-Bundlers, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide a device for bundling cigars,of which the following is a description.

Figure 1 is a front view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionalview of a contracting and expanding apparatus; Fig. 3, a side sectionalview of the contracting and expanding apparatus for arranging the tapewith which the bundles are tied; and Fig. 4, a side sectional view ofthat portion of the machine by which the cigars are squeezed togetherinto bundles.

In the drawing, A is the frame of the machine; B, a treadle; O O,connecting-rods; D D, levers by which a portion of the machine iscontracted for the purpose of squeezing the cigars into a bundle. E Eare pins in levers D D, to which the two parts of the squeezing G is apiece of sheet metal inside the squeezing apparatus, which is held inplace by a pin, H, which passes through the squeezing apparatus into thepiece of sheet metal G, holding them together. I is the back, head, orend of the squeezing apparatus; K, a hollow tube or shaft projecting outfrom the center of the head I for the end of shaft R to pass into. Thisprojecting tube K will hold the shaft R of the contracting and expandingapparatus in the center of the squeezing apparatus F F. L is a springthe lower end of which is secured to the head I, and the upper endhooking over the top of the head I, and secured to the outside of thesqueezing apparatus. This spring is to hold the head I, which is loose,up to the end of the squeezing apparatus. M are spools on which the tapeis rolled. N is the tape passing from the spool M to the top of thesqueezing apparatus, the ends of the tapes being secured in the jaws Dof one of the segments of the contracting and expanding apparatus, forthe purpose of being carried round inside of the squeezer. O is asupport for the spools M, one end of it being secured to the outside ofthe squeezer. F is a spring secured at one end to the squeezer, and theother end presses against the tape rolled on the spool M, to keep thetape at suitable tension. Q is the contracting and expanding apparatus.R is the shaft of the contracting and expanding apparatus. S S S S aresegments of the rim of the contracting and expanding apparatus. T is acenter cylinder of the contracting and expanding apparatus. U U U U arespiral springs round the spokes of the contracting and expandingapparatus. V are short spokes projecting out from the cylinder T, andare solid. W are hollow spokes projecting from the segments S S S S,into which the solid spokes V pass, and the spiral springs U are roundthe spokes and keep the rim of the contracting and expanding apparatusexpanded. X X are sheaves secured to the cylinder T, under which runcords Y Y Y Y, one end of said cords being secured to ears Z Z Z Zattached to the inside of segments S, and the other end of the cordsbeing attached to slide A on shaft B. B is a bar on one of the segmentsS, which has jaws at each end of the same. 0 O are springs, which pressthe jaws of bar B up to the saw-edged pieces D D. These jaws are forthepurpose of holding the ends of the tapes, so that, when thecontracting and expanding apparatus is turned, the tapes will be carriedround with it, and form a circle round the same, so that, when thecontracting and expanding apparatus is contracted and taken out, thetapes will remain. E is a piece of metal secured on the end of thesegment to which bar B is attached.

Operation: The contracting and expanding apparatus is placed in thesqueezer, and the the contracting and expanding apparatus isturned-round, and the ends of the tapes are carried round with it untilthey come opposite openings in the top of the squeezer, when the jaws Dare opened, and the ends of the tape taken out, and the tape pulled outlong enough to tie. The slide A is taken hold of, and the thiunb placedon the end of shaft R, and the slide A pulled on, the thumb holding theshaft, so that the cords Y Y Y Y will pull on and contract the segmentS, which will make the circle of the contracting and expanding apparatussmaller in diameter, when it can be l A i 7 III...

ends of the tapes placed in the jaws D, and

taken out leaving the tape in rings inside of the squeezer, when cigarsenough for a bundle may be placed in the squeezer, inside of the ofwhich are secured'to the treadle, and the upper ends to the outer endsof levers D D,

the inner ends of said'levers being secured to the frame A by pins onwhich the levers Work,

I and the ends of thesqueezer crossing each other, are secured tothepins E E, at a point between the ends of the levers secured to theframe and the center ends of the levers, Where the rods 0 G are attachedto 13116'16V6IS,W11l0h will contract the sqneezer and hold the cigars ina tight bundle. The tapes are then tied round the cigars and are out.Then light up on the treadle, and take the bundle out when the sameoperation may be gone through with again.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V 1.7The combination of treadle B, connect ing-rcds O G, contracting-leversI) D with the squeezer F F, connected torlevers D D, substantially asspecified.

2. Contracting and expanding apparatus Q, consisting, essentially, ofshaft R, segments S,

cylinder T, springs U, spokes V W, cords Y,

and slide A, substantially as described.

'3. Squeezer G and F, in combination with contracting and expandingapparatus Q, substantially' as specified. V

' EMANUEL DETWILER Witnesses: I

J. B. SMITH,- CHARLES A. SMITH.

